The 3 Estates
Events of the Revolution
The Reign of Terror
Napoleon's Policies
French Vocabulary
in general
100
Old Order
What is the social and political structure called that created inequalities in France with three social groups?
100
Estates General
What is meeting held for the first time in 175 years in which each estate met on whether to raise taxes on the 3rd estate
100
Robespierre
What is name of the leader who led the National Convention during its most bloodthirsty time?
100
coup de'tat
What is a forced transfer of power?
100
Louis XVI
What is the name of the king during the French Revolution who was soon beheaded?
200
bourgeoisie
What is the group at the top of the 3rd estate that included professionals such as lawyers and doctors?
200
Great Fear
What is the panic that swept through France where people had spread rumors that the king had hired foreign soldiers to punish the 3rd estate
200
Mountain or Montagnards
What is the name of the radical political faction during the revolution?
200
plebiscite
What is a question put before all the voters? Napoleon did this asking if France wanted to be an empire?
200
Marie Antoinette
What is the name of the queen of France during the French Revolution?
300
First Estate
What is the name of the estate that was made up of the Roman Catholic clergy and was only 1% of the population?
300
Tennis court
What is the oath taken by members of the 3rd estate where they vowed to write a new constitution for France once locked out of their meeting room?
300
peasants
What is the largest group of victims during the Reign of Terror who fell victim to the guillotine
300
pope
What is title given to the person who Napoleon took the crown from and crowned himself?
300
Hundred Days
What is name of the brief period of return for Napoleon after his exile?
400
3rd estate
What is estate that made up 97% of the population that was heavily taxed?
400
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
What is document written by the National Assembly that laid out the basic principles of the French Revolution
400
guillotine
What is the name of the new weapon device that dropped a sharp, heavy blade through the victim's neck
400
lycees
What is the name of the schools run on military lines
400
Congress of Vienna
What is name of the meeting to create a plan to restore order and stability to Europe.
500
2nd estate
What is the estate that was made up of the nobility and inculded 2% of the population of France?
500
Bastille
What is the name of the prison where a mob of Parisians went looking for weapons?
500
Jacobin
What is the name of the radical club that many of the Montagnards belonged to?
500
Russia
What is the name of the country that Napoleon invaded and suffered defeat due to the weather conditions
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